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Ended first semester with a 4.05 and 2 CALIs. Currently at a school in the T30 in the region I want to practice in on 2/3 scholarship.

Career goals in a perfect world are fed honors or biglaw/clerk --> fed

Have some fed Externships lined up for this summer and next year. I think my school has between a 25-30% biglaw/clerk placement percentage, not sure what their historical success with honors placement is.

The pros of having students/retaining students is to collect tuition. You leaving will take money out of their pocket. However, if they gave you full scholly, you're a net 0 for them, while taking up a seat at the school. The only remaining benefit of keeping you is that you're a smart kid, and when you get out in the workforce, the school will reap reputational gains. However, while a 4.05 is VERY impressive, the person that replaces you in rank when you leave will fill your shoes nicely, especially for the price.

This is why it's much easier to get scholarships before attending and from a transfer. Someone with stats above the 75th percentile actually has value to bring in boosting the rankings that the school is willing to eat the costs of attending (more accurately pass the costs along to the poor soul paying sticker).

these scholarships aren't really "merit" based at all. merit is merely a proxy for other factors that the school actually cares about.

edit on preview: yeah, it'd be worth the school's time to offer *some* money but that incentive goes away quickly when it's a full ride v. a half ride. bc again - it's not the school giving you money, it's the school still taking money from you, just a little less.

pancakes3 wrote:you've got to look at it from the school's perspective.

The pros of having students/retaining students is to collect tuition. You leaving will take money out of their pocket. However, if they gave you full scholly, you're a net 0 for them, while taking up a seat at the school. The only remaining benefit of keeping you is that you're a smart kid, and when you get out in the workforce, the school will reap reputational gains. However, while a 4.05 is VERY impressive, the person that replaces you in rank when you leave will fill your shoes nicely, especially for the price.

This is why it's much easier to get scholarships before attending and from a transfer. Someone with stats above the 75th percentile actually has value to bring in boosting the rankings that the school is willing to eat the costs of attending (more accurately pass the costs along to the poor soul paying sticker).

these scholarships aren't really "merit" based at all. merit is merely a proxy for other factors that the school actually cares about.

edit on preview: yeah, it'd be worth the school's time to offer *some* money but that incentive goes away quickly when it's a full ride v. a half ride. bc again - it's not the school giving you money, it's the school still taking money from you, just a little less.

Yeah that makes sense. Honestly hate all the negotiating stuff, already negotiated up before coming and it's always awkward asking for money. School doesn't rank FWIW but sounds like the best option is to just chill. Thanks for the help.